Hose reel



Oct. 11, 1932. A. LUDWlG 1,881,764

HOSE REEL Filed Feb. 18, 1931 INVENTOR. 4 9464 401w BYWM ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 11, 1932 UNITED STATES ABRAHAM LUIDWIG, or iiririaoir, iiicirien n v HOSE 1min.

Application filed February 18,1931. Serial No. 516,665.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a hose reel and has for its object the provision of a hose reel on which a hose may be wound while connected to a source of water supply. r

It is another object of the invention to provide a hose reel whereby the attaching and detaching'of the hose to and from the water supply pipe may be eliminated while at the le same time the hose may be wound on a reel and kept in proper condition. I 7 Another object of the invention is the provision of a hose reel on which a hose may be wound and which is so constructed that when the hose is unwound therefrom and the strain released from the hose a rewinding oi the hose on the reel may be automatically eflected.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a reference to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which, p

' Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a central, sectional v ew of the invention, with parts broken away.

, Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. I

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view of a modified formof the invention with a part broken away and a part shown in section.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1, I have illustrated the invention mounted beneath a floor 7 projecting downwardly from which are the spaced joists 8. Secured to and depending from the floor is a bracket or support 9 braced by the brace 10 and havingan upwardly projecting plate 11 provided with a slot 12. A co-operating bracket '13 also is secured to and depends from the floor 7 and is braced by the brace 14. A projection 15 extends upwardly from the lower end of the bracket 13 in which is journaled, so as to rotate therein, a trunnion or neck 16 projecting outwardly from .one end of the block 17. This block 1;Zis secured by a pressed fit in the sleeveoi' tube 18. Positioned within the tube or cylinder 18 is a spring 19, one end of which is secured to the tube 18 and the other end of 5 which is secured to the plug 20 which is rotatable relatively to the tube 18. A pron 21, which is flat faced, projects outwardly t rom one face oftheplug 20 and engages in the slot 12 so thatthe spring 19 is wound and un- 6 Wound as the tube 18 rotates in different directions. Fixedly mounted on the tube 18 is a drum or winding reel 22 on the periphery of which are the spaced axially extending cleats 22 which engage the hose 23 which is 5 wound thereon. One end of the hose is con- Ilectedto the pipe 24 which connects to the pipe 25 andthrough the pipe 26, elbow 27 and passage 28, to the pipe 29. which rotates with the neck 16. The pipe 29 is connected 76 by the coupling 30 to the pipe 31 which is provided with the head 32 rotatably mounted in the housing 33. This housing is threaded onto they end of the water supply pipe 34. A packing block 35 is adapted to co-operate 7.? with the packing gland 37 and compress the packing 36 about the pipe 31 within the housing 33 to form a leakproof connection.

It is believed obvious that as the hose is H unwound from the reel, the tube 18 may roso tate and serve to wind the spring 19 and that when tension is released from the hose, the

spring 19 will serve to again wind the hose thereon.

In Fig. 4, I have shown a slightly modified 8 form of the invention in which the hose is projected through a passage 38 formed in the wall 39, the reel 22 and its co-operating parts being constructed as already described.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the device mounted 9 on a base 40 projecting upwardly from which is a standard 41 through which extends the pipe 34, the housing 33 being positioned within the standard 41. Mounted on the upper end of the standard is the horizontally disposed plate 42 having the upwardly projecting bracket forming arms 43 and 44 which serve to support the reel construction shown in Fig. 2. This permits of a portable arrangement and also the use of the device f I f 1,881,764

a where its suspension, from the ceiling or the v like would be impracticable.

i While I have illustrated and descrlbed the I "preferred forms of construction of my invention, I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire t0 avail myself of 'su'ch variationsand modifica i tions as may come within-thescope of' the appended claim.

Having thus described my inventiong lwhat V I; I claim as new and desire to'secure 'by"Let ters Patent is: v V A device of the class described, comprising: a pair of spaced bracketsra tube; a cy-" 7 lindrical, reel-forming, solid drum fiixedly mo unted'onsaid tube and having a radially directed passage extended inwardly from its periphery-and communicating with an axia'h 1y directed passage positioned outwardly of the periphery of said tube and opening throughanend face of said drum; a block fixedly-mounted in one end oi -said tube; a trunnion projecting outwardly from said block and journaled in one of'said brackets, said block having a radially directed passage extendinginwardly from its-periphery and communicating with a central passage extending through said trunnion; a'conduit for v connecting the passages in said "-block 7 with 3 the passages in said drum; a nipples'ecuredin the-outerv end of the radiallydirected pas sage in said-drum ,"a'pipe secured in the outer end of the passage directed through said trun-' nion ;-l'e'ak proof-swivel means forconnecting said pipeto= a water delivery pipe; a blockrotatable in theopposite' end ofsaid tube;'a trunnion on said blook'fixed :inethe other of said brackets; and aspring loosely positioned in said tubeand attached atone end to one of 40 said blocksand at its opposite end Ito the other of saidblocks; I e r a 7 In testimony whereof I havesigne'd the foregoing-specification. r a ABRAHAMLUDWIG. I 

